![]() It’s easy for Mercedes to have this operation since her mother is always away and the guys who she’s slept with have kept tight lips. Her only criteria is that the guys need to also be virgins. Mercedes didn’t get the kind of first time she wanted and thinks that sleeping with other girls’ boyfriends will save the girls from having to suffer what she went through. The story follows 17-year-old Mercedes Ayres who vows to “help” guys give their girlfriends a good first time by sleeping with them and allowing them to make their mistakes on her. “Firsts” by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn went far beyond your average smutty young adult novel and my own expectations. That’s when I caved and decided to read it. However, after seeing it being featured nearly everywhere online and even getting an offer to review it, I couldn’t help but think that fate was drawing me and this novel together. ![]() ![]() While the reviews on it are fairly positive and the cover is more than appealing, I refused to give it a chance. ![]() This is just another poorly-written young adult novel trying to lure young readers in by using sexual content.” I loathe books like these because its sole purpose is to showcase a side of young adults that is selfish, hormone-driven and overly dramatic. ![]() The first thing I thought when I saw it was, “Oh, great. I didn’t want to read this book at first. ![]()
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